Nigel Hinton
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Nigel Hinton (born 1941) is an English novelist. He was born and educated in London.He worked in advertising for two years then taught English for nine years before writing his first novel, Collision Course. He then worked as a professional actor and also did some part-time teaching before deciding to concentrate on writing. He has written twelve novels including the Buddy trilogy for teenagers and the Beaver Tower stories for younger children. His novel The Finders won the Federation of Children's Book Groups Award and Collision Course won the Dutch Silver Pen Award. He has adapted some of his novels for the screen, notably Buddy which was made in to a BBC TV series and Buddy's song which was made into a feature film. He has also written a number of original scripts for TV and the theatre. He enjoys swimming, walking and films, and loves listening to music, especially blues, rock and roll from the 1950s, and the work of Bob Dylan.